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Armand Allard Duplantier, [Baton Rouge?], to Pierre-Joseph Favrot

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1802, January 11 ARMAND ALLARD DUPLANTIER, [BATON ROUGE?], TO PIERRE-JOSEPH FAVROT. ALS. 4pp. French. Richmond. My dear Favrot [Pierre-Joseph Favrot], I received your letter through the kind favor of Dr. Raoul. I am aware of the conflict you must be experiencing, and of your quandary. It is very difficult to give advice in such cases. It is even dangerous, for there is always the possibility of making a mistake and leading a friend into a wrong action by advising him to do what one thinks is best. I am going to tell you what I think, however. By now, you must know, through your friends and those of M. [Charles] de Grand-Pre, something about his plans for the future but, as I told you in my last letter, everything suggests that he does not wish to return. He has just given orders, again, to M. [Joseph Vazquez de] Vahamonde to sell a few pieces of furniture remaining here. I would make certain of this, not trusting any rumor. Once you are assured that he is not returning to town, I

1802, January 11 ARMAND ALLARD DUPLANTIER, [BATON ROUGE?], TO PIERRE-JOSEPH FAVROT. ALS. 4pp. French. Richmond. My dear Favrot [Pierre-Joseph Favrot], I received your letter through the kind favor of Dr. Raoul. I am aware of the conflict you must be experiencing, and of your quandary. It is very difficult to give advice in such cases. It is even dangerous, for there is always the possibility of making a mistake and leading a friend into a wrong action by advising him to do what one thinks is best. I am going to tell you what I think, however. By now, you must know, through your friends and those of M. [Charles] de Grand-Pre, something about his plans for the future but, as I told you in my last letter, everything suggests that he does not wish to return. He has just given orders, again, to M. [Joseph Vazquez de] Vahamonde to sell a few pieces of furniture remaining here. I would make certain of this, not trusting any rumor. Once you are assured that he is not returning to town, I